‘When we begin to learn to meditate, we start by trying to still the mind and ‘‘fix’’ it on something. This, hopefully, begins to halt the rush of thoughts and ideas that pour through the mind, but it is still mind battling mind.’
John Aske
John Aske
Awake up sign! By John Aske
There is that strong wish in us to ignore painful things — if possible — but that leaves us bound to them in a kind of sleepy slavery.
Morning meditation — Kindness and happiness.
‘Kindness and happiness seem to generate one another.’
John Aske
Morning meditation —We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves.
‘We all have to learn the comfort of being ourselves — and not someone else.’
John Aske
Growing up — by John Aske.
We grow and change all our lives from the time we are born. But as babies we have little sense of being a separate entity from our mothers
Morning meditation — Joy is not something we can grasp.
‘Joy is not something we can grasp and hold on to, it comes and goes like spring rain, softening everything.’
John Aske
Morning meditation — What is suppressed is expressed.
‘‘‘What is suppressed is expressed.’’ If you push it out of sight in one place, it just pops up somewhere else or in another guise.’
John Aske
Morning meditation — One of the main props of the anxiety state.
‘One of the main props of the anxiety state is that it pretends to be an immovable state.’
John Aske
Buddhism now 